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The First 100 Days
in New Orleans~Harry Shearer
~All during the campaign, and then during the first 50 days, Obama partisans would say to me, "his heart's in the right place, just give him some time, he's got a full plate." Yet, the Corps is making decisions right now that chill the blood of New Orleanians concerned about their city's future, and Simon Cowell will be on welfare before this Congress will pass another stimulus bill.
The money window is shut, and the administration has been content to focus the nation's attention on Latin American relations, on high-speed rail, on Bo -- on anything but the near-destruction of a great American city.
Nice 100 days' work. Happy Jazzfest.




SLABBED Daily - MRGO update
~"However the title of item three, Memorandum in Support of Motion for Expedited Hearing re: Motion to Compel Reliance Materials of Defendant’s Expert Bruce Ebersole is almost as long as the text of the motion - which is asking to have an expedited hearing on the motion asking the court to compel the government to produce Ebersole’s Reliance Materials.
Somehow, I don’t think Judge Duval is going to be happy!"
~Exquisite Corps' "Expert Witness" got no Beef?
Where's da'Beef? Hey Timmy Ruppert,
where is your expert witness' Beef?


An Open Letter to LSU Chancellor Mike Martin
Re: The van Heerden Affair ~Levees Not War


At state Capitol, Nicholls students protest cuts
~Colin Campo and Jeremy Alford

Construction program's approval encounters snag; senators say they didn't get data in time
~Ed Anderson

Gulf states prepare for hurricane season

Exquisite Corps Releases Listing of Recovery Act-Funded Civil Works Projects
~Everglades projects get $103M from stimulus
~Nashville district gets $166M

USS New Orleans in Dry Dock

"FUTURE 5" - Loyola Graphic Design Group Show
The best and the brightest senior graphic designers come together at The CANARY Gallery for the month of May. Opening reception for the artists is Saturday, May 2nd from 6pm-9pm.

To paint a mural in New Orleans
~Tina Tarnoff

NoLA Rising :: U.S. Mint Show

Bar owner: Spotted Cat to become Jimbeaux’s
~Stephen Maloney
Editilla T'n'T~ Humid Beings

Institute of jazz taps new pupils
~John Pope

New Orleans swing dancers honor Lindy Hop pioneer Frankie Manning
~Keith I. Marszalek

Scofield blasts tribute to New Orleans sound~Scott Murphy
~Anyone expecting a mellow evening of jazz guitar and musical restraint knew they were in the wrong place about five minutes into John Scofield's JazzSLC appearance.
And despite the wonderful collection of New Orleans-sounding gospel selections played Monday, the biggest applause of the night arguably came during a solo in which Scofield quoted Jimi Hendrix's "Purple Haze."